Titanomachyn.

Brit.

/ˌtʌɪtəˈnɒməki/,

/ˌtʌɪtnˈɒməki/, U.S.

/ˌtaɪtnˈɑməki/

Forms: occasionally also with lower-case initial.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; partly modelled on a French lexical item, partly modelled on a Latin lexical item, and partly modelled on a Greek lexical item. Etymons: titano- comb. form¹, -machy comb. form.

Etymology: < titano- comb. form¹ + -machy comb. form, after French titanomachie (1621 or earlier; rare before 19th cent.) and its models classical Latin Titānomachia and Hellenistic Greek Τιτανομαχία (title of a poem in the Epic Cycle).Compare slightly earlier English Titanomachia (1732 or earlier, originally and chiefly as the title of a classical poem; rare).

(The title of) a literary or poetic account of the war between the Titans (Titan n.¹ 2b) and the Olympians led by Zeus, which ended with the defeat of the Titans and their imprisonment in Tartarus; the war itself.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > war > types of war > [noun] > other types of war

just war1485

private war1548

preventive wara1626

angelomachy1635

Titanomachy1739

mountain warfarec1800

border-war1809

world war1848

theomachy1858

trench warfare1887

electronic warfare1946

asymmetric conflict1975

cyberwar1992

asymmetrical warfare1995

1739 tr. Eusebius in tr. A. Banier Mythol. & Fables Ancients I. ii. ii. 99 Hesiod and the other Cyclick Poets have forged Theogonies, Gigantomachies, Titanomachies [Fr. Titanomachies], and other Pieces, by which they have in a manner stifled the Truth.

1837 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 29/1 The Cyclic poets..sung of the birth, deeds, and exploits of the gods (Theogony, Titanomachy).

1882 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 3 309 Eumelus had written a Titanomachy in which Briareus-Aegaeon..was a combatant on the side of the Titans.

1946 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 67 372 The Titanomachy is conceived along the lines of party-politics in the city-state.

1959 J. E. Fontenrose Python x. 243 In the Titanomachy,..Zeus first killed Kampe, whom Kronos had set to guard the Cyclopes and Hundred-Handed after imprisoning them in Tartaros.

2006 K. Dowden Zeus 35 Zeus..in a great battle—the Titanomachy—defeats the old régime.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	titanomachy
释义	Titanomachyn. Brit. /ˌtʌɪtəˈnɒməki/, /ˌtʌɪtnˈɒməki/, U.S. /ˌtaɪtnˈɑməki/ Forms: occasionally also with lower-case initial. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding; partly modelled on a French lexical item, partly modelled on a Latin lexical item, and partly modelled on a Greek lexical item. Etymons: titano- comb. form¹, -machy comb. form. Etymology: < titano- comb. form¹ + -machy comb. form, after French titanomachie (1621 or earlier; rare before 19th cent.) and its models classical Latin Titānomachia and Hellenistic Greek Τιτανομαχία (title of a poem in the Epic Cycle).Compare slightly earlier English Titanomachia (1732 or earlier, originally and chiefly as the title of a classical poem; rare). (The title of) a literary or poetic account of the war between the Titans (Titan n.¹ 2b) and the Olympians led by Zeus, which ended with the defeat of the Titans and their imprisonment in Tartarus; the war itself. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > war > types of war > [noun] > other types of war just war1485 private war1548 preventive wara1626 angelomachy1635 Titanomachy1739 mountain warfarec1800 border-war1809 world war1848 theomachy1858 trench warfare1887 electronic warfare1946 asymmetric conflict1975 cyberwar1992 asymmetrical warfare1995 1739 tr. Eusebius in tr. A. Banier Mythol. & Fables Ancients I. ii. ii. 99 Hesiod and the other Cyclick Poets have forged Theogonies, Gigantomachies, Titanomachies [Fr. Titanomachies], and other Pieces, by which they have in a manner stifled the Truth. 1837 Gentleman's Mag. Jan. 29/1 The Cyclic poets..sung of the birth, deeds, and exploits of the gods (Theogony, Titanomachy). 1882 Jrnl. Hellenic Stud. 3 309 Eumelus had written a Titanomachy in which Briareus-Aegaeon..was a combatant on the side of the Titans. 1946 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 67 372 The Titanomachy is conceived along the lines of party-politics in the city-state. 1959 J. E. Fontenrose Python x. 243 In the Titanomachy,..Zeus first killed Kampe, whom Kronos had set to guard the Cyclopes and Hundred-Handed after imprisoning them in Tartaros. 2006 K. Dowden Zeus 35 Zeus..in a great battle—the Titanomachy—defeats the old régime. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, January 2018; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1739
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